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6. (3 pts) A randomized clinical trial was conducted in Indonesia to study the effects of Vitamin A in preventing deaths among children with measles. The investigators reported a relative risk of 0.60 for the intervention versus control group. This means that:

A) Children receiving Vitamin A were 40% less likely to die from measles than children receiving placebo, therefore Vitamin A was protective

B) The chance of dying from measles in the placebo group was 60%

C) 60% of the children who died received Vitamin A; the other 40% received placebo

D) Vitamin A caused children with measles to die more often than kids given a placebo

Explanation / Answer

C) 60% of the children who died received Vitamin A; the other 40% received placebo

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